Hi, I have written a product in python which has two classes. One is a contrainer class, and the other as an item. Both classes are catalogAware. Both have management interfaces which allow cut/copy/paste. Copy and paste works fine. But if I paste an object that has been cut, i get the error: Traceback (innermost last): File /home/tejay/Zope-2.1.6-src/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py, line 214, in publish_module File /home/tejay/Zope-2.1.6-src/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py, line 179, in publish File /home/tejay/Zope-2.1.6-src/lib/python/Zope/__init__.py, line 202, in zpublisher_exception_hook (Object: RoleManager) File /home/tejay/Zope-2.1.6-src/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py, line 165, in publish File /home/tejay/Zope-2.1.6-src/lib/python/ZPublisher/mapply.py, line 160, in mapply (Object: manage_pasteObjects) File /home/tejay/Zope-2.1.6-src/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py, line 102, in call_object (Object: manage_pasteObjects) File /home/tejay/Zope/lib/python/OFS/CopySupport.py, line 225, in manage_pasteObjects (Object: RoleManager) File /home/tejay/Zope-2.1.6-src/lib/python/OFS/ObjectManager.py, line 273, in _delObject (Object: RoleManager) File /home/tejay/Zope-2.1.6-src/lib/python/Products/ZCatalog/CatalogAwareness.py, line 129, in manage_beforeDelete (Object: CatalogAware) File /home/tejay/Zope-2.1.6-src/lib/python/Products/ZCatalog/CatalogAwareness.py, line 186, in unindex_object (Object: CatalogAware) File /home/tejay/Zope-2.1.6-src/lib/python/Products/ZCatalog/CatalogAwareness.py, line 156, in url (Object: CatalogAware) File /home/tejay/Zope-2.1.6-src/lib/python/OFS/SimpleItem.py, line 319, in absolute_url (Object: CatalogAware) File /home/tejay/Zope-2.1.6-src/lib/python/OFS/SimpleItem.py, line 319, in absolute_url (Object: RoleManager) File /home/tejay/Zope-2.1.6-src/lib/python/OFS/SimpleItem.py, line 319, in absolute_url (Object: ElementWithAttributes) File /home/tejay/Zope/lib/python/OFS/Application.py, line 282, in absolute_url (Object: ApplicationDefaultPermissions) AttributeError: aq_acquire The only difference between cutnpast and copynpaste is that cutnpaste will remove the object before setting the new object. The problem seems to lie in obtaining the absolute_url of the object to be removed which is need by CatalogAware to unindex the object. I dont understand this, as a direct call to _delObject() from the contrainer class works fine, so I don't understand why a call to _delObject from within the manage_pastObjects method results in the above error. I have been trying to figure this out for days. Can anyone shead any light on the subject? terry -- Terry Kerr (terry@adroit.net) Adroit Internet Solutions Pty Ltd (www.adroit.net) Phone: +613 9563 4461 Fax: +613 9563 3856 Mobile: +61 414 938 124 ICQ: 79303381